Campaign launched to curb the waste of 1.2bn UK bread crusts
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#47ZQ2)
Keep Britain Tidy workshops will demonstrate how to use leftover bread in cooking
An estimated 1.2bn edible bread crusts are binned each year, new research has revealed, as one in five consumers turn their noses up at the leftover ends of loaves.
The scale of the waste - equivalent to 50m loaves of bread being thrown away in crusts alone every year - is revealed by a new campaign using chefs' tips and recipes to show consumers how to use it to make tasty snacks and meals.
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